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Ludwigia adscendens

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Ludwigia adscendens
Ludwigia adscendens
Ludwigia adscendens
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🗒 Synonyms
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🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Kechera
  • Keshardam
  • Pani-khutura
  • Taljuria
English
  • Water Primrose
Other
  • Keshardam (Bengali)
  • Kessara (Hindi)
  • Pokal Panlawang
  • Water Dragon
  • Water Primrose
  • ইসিং কুন্দো Ising Kundo (Manipuri)
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Herb
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors 
D. Narasimhan
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Aquatic floating herbs; aerophores spongy, white coloured, fusiform. Leaves 1.5-3.5 x 0.5-1.5 cm, obovate to oblanceolate, base attenuate, apex obtuse, lower surface glossy. Flowers solitary, axillary, to 4 cm across. Calyx tube c. 1 cm long, pubescent; lobes 5, narrow-lanceolate. Petals 5, obovate, emarginate or rounded at apex, cream coloured or white with an yellowish blotch inside. Stamens 10; filaments subequal. Ovary 5-locular; ovules many; style hairy at base; stigma globose. Capsule c. 2.5 cm long, terete, 10-ribbed, dehiscing by 4-5 valves.
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY
    References 
      Habit: Herb
      G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
      Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY
      References 
        No Data
        📚 Natural History
        Cyclicity
        Flowering and fruiting: Throughout the year
        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
        Licenses CC_BY
        References 
          Miscellaneous Details
          Notes: Ponds and ditches
          G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
          Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
          Licenses CC_BY
          References 
            No Data
            📚 Habitat and Distribution
            General Habitat
            Ponds and ditches
            Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
            Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
            Licenses CC_BY
            References 
              Waste lands, degraded places
              Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
              Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
              Licenses CC_BY
              References 
                Description
                Global Distribution

                Continental Asia, Malesia and Australia

                Indian distribution

                State - Kerala, District/s: Kottayam, Alappuzha, Kasaragode, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Wayanad, Kannur, Thrissur, Ernakulam

                Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                Contributors 
                Status UNDER_CREATION
                Licenses CC_BY
                References 
                  Maharashtra: Thane Karnataka: Belgaum, Coorg, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga Kerala: Alapuzha, Idukki, Kasaragod, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malapuram, Pathanamthitta Tamil Nadu: All districts
                  G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                  Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
                  Licenses CC_BY
                  References 
                    Global Distribution

                    India: Throughout; Sri Lanka, China, Australia

                    Local Distribution

                    Bongaigaon, Kamrup, Barak Valley, Darrang

                    Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                    Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                    Contributors 
                    Status UNDER_CREATION
                    Licenses CC_BY
                    References 
                      No Data
                      📚 Occurrence
                      No Data
                      📚 Uses and Management
                      Uses

                      System of Medicines Used In

                      Folk medicine
                      Folk medicine
                      Medicinal
                      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                      Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                      Contributors 
                      Status UNDER_CREATION
                      Licenses CC_BY
                      References 
                        System Of Medicines Used In

                        Folk medicine

                        FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2806
                        Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2806
                        Contributors 
                        Status UNDER_CREATION
                        Licenses CC_BY
                        References 
                          No Data
                          📚 Information Listing
                          References
                          1. Jussiaea repens L., Sp. Pl. 1: 388. 1753, non Ludwigia repens Forst. 1771; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 587. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 516(365). 1919.
                          2. Jussiaea adscendens L., Mant. Pl. 1: 69. 1767.
                          3. Ludwigia adscendens (L.) Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 28: 290. 1953; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 191. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 169. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 171. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 274. 1990; Joseph, Aquatic Angiosp. Malabar 159. 1991; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 205. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 151. 1998; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 230. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 310. 2009; Barua, Rheedea 20: 60. 2010; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 383. 2009.
                          1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
                          1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2806
                          Information Listing > References
                          1. Jussiaea repens L., Sp. Pl. 1: 388. 1753, non Ludwigia repens Forst. 1771; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 587. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 516(365). 1919.
                          2. Jussiaea adscendens L., Mant. Pl. 1: 69. 1767.
                          3. Ludwigia adscendens (L.) Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 28: 290. 1953; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 191. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 169. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 171. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 274. 1990; Joseph, Aquatic Angiosp. Malabar 159. 1991; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 205. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 151. 1998; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 230. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 310. 2009; Barua, Rheedea 20: 60. 2010; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 383. 2009.
                          4. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
                          5. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2806
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                          📚 Meta data
                          No Data
                          🐾 Taxonomy
                          RootRoot
                          KingdomPlantae
                          PhylumTracheophyta
                          ClassMagnoliopsida
                          OrderMyrtales
                          FamilyOnagraceae
                          GenusLudwigia
                          SpeciesLudwigia adscendens
                          📊 Temporal Distribution
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